Kosovo Expected to Order Rerun of Vote

Sunday's Violence Led to Early Poll Closures, Ballot Destruction

By

Veronika Gulyas And

Laurence Norman

Updated Nov. 4, 2013 4:18 p.m. ET

PRISTINA, Kosovo—Violence that forced voting stations to close early on Sunday in the Serbian-dominated city of north Mitrovica and led to the destruction of ballots is likely to prompt Kosovo authorities to order a rerun of elections there, officials said on Monday.

While violence was a blow to European Union-brokered peace efforts between Serbia and Kosovo, regional and European officials stressed that elections went smoothly in the...